Rolling-massaging mattress or cushion

ABSTRACT

Mattresses and cushions, which have a rolling-massaging function and magnetic-therapeutic effect are described. The rolling-massaging magnetic-therapeutic mattress or cushion comprises an upper covering, an intermediate layer, an interior layer, a compound liner and a bottom covering. Between the upper covering and the intermediate layer there is provided a magnetic-therapeutic massaging layer including balls, magnetics beads, element frames and a locating substrate. The balls and magnetic beads are contained in subcavities of the element frames, rolling omni-directionally.

The invention relates to personal and domestic articles, particularly tomattresses and cushion which have an rolling-massaging function andmagnetic-therapeutic effect.

There are many kinds of prior art magnetic-therapeutic massagingmattresses, their construction becomes more and more exquisite and themagnetic-therapeutic function is improved continuously. They have amassaging function like being pressed by fingers, andmagnetic-therapeutic effect, and have been keep-fit articles in people'sdaily life, e.g. the technique named "Magnetic Sleeping Mat" describedin U.S. Pat. No. 5,035,017. However the known prior art mattresses havethe massaging function like being pressed by fingers with the aid ofmany nipple projects, formed on a foamed synthetic resin board or, withthe aid of an array of wooden beads and magnets adhered to a resilientinterior. As the human body's movement is so slight when people sleep orsit up straight on the mattresses that the massaging function caused byit would be weaker, and the magnetic-therapeutic massaging layer of thisconstruction contain less air so as to feel muggy when you sleep or siton them, therefore the above-mentioned mattresses are not ideal andtheir uses are limited.

The object of the present invention is to compensate the drawbacks inthe above-mentioned prior art techniques and to provide a kind ofmagnetic-therapeutic mattress or cushion that have a strong massagingeffect like being pressed by fingers, and not make people feel muggywhen they sleep or sit on it.

The object of the present invention can be attained by means of thefollowing measures: to manufacture an omnidirectional-rolling-massagingmagnetic-therapeutic mattress or cushion comprising an upper covering,an intermediate layer, an interior, a compound liner and a bottomcovering. Between the upper covering and the intermediate layer there isprovided a magnetic-therapeutic massaging layer including balls,magnetic beads, element frames and a locating substrate. The balls andmagnetic beads are contained in some cavities of element frames, rollingomni-directionally. Many element frames are arranged in proper order onthe locating substrate and fixed there, and form wherein a whole arrayof rolling bodies.

The accompanying drawings are illustrated as follows:

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic construction sketch of the rolling-massagingmattress according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a decomposed diagrammatic sketch of the element frame (4) inthe magnetic-therapeutic massaging layer of the mattress according tothe invention;

FIG. 3 depict element frame 4 in an assembled form;

FIG. 3A shows an exploded view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a vertical view of the magnetic-therapeutic massaging layer ofthe mattress, of which the upper covering (1) has been taken off;

FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic sketch of the cushion and the back of a chairaccording to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic construction sketch of that cushion of a chairaccording to the invention, which the upper covering 1 has partiallybeen taken off;

FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic construction sketch of that pillow according tothe invention, off which the upper covering (1) has partially been takenoff.

A few of preferred embodiments of the invention will further bedescribed incorporating with the accompanying drawings as follows:

With reference to FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings, the mattressaccording to the invention comprises an upper covering 1, anintermediate layer 6, a resilient interior 7, a compound liner 8 and abottom covering 9. Between the upper covering 1 and the intermediatelayer 6 there is provided a magnetic-therapeutic massaging layerincluding balls 2, magnetic beads 3, element frames 4 and a locatingsubstrate 5. The balls 2 and magnetic beads 3 are contained in somecavities of element frames 4, rolling omni-directionally. Many elementframes 4 are arranged in proper order on the locating substrate 5 andfixed there, and form wherein a whole array of rolling bodies as shownin FIG. 4. The resilient interior 7 of the mattress or chair accordingto an embodiment of the invention is generally a spiral steel springmatrix as shown in FIG. 1 so as to ventilate.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 3A, the element frame 4 of mattress orcushion according to the invention comprises an upper lid 41, a framebody 42 and a fixing nail 43; the balls 2, yet the magnetic bead 8 forsome, is put wherein into each cavity of the frame body 42 separately,and then the upper lid 41 is put onto the frame body 42, the seam iswelded with the aid of ultrasonic. Bodies of each ball 2 and magneticbead 3 are all projecting partially from their upper lid 41, they can'tcome off therefrom, as a result form thereby a rolling-massagingsurface. The rod 432 of the fixing nail 43 passes through the mesh holefrom the bottom of the locating substrate 5, cuts through the centralfixing hole 422 of the frame body 42, and goes out from the central hole411 of the upper lid 41, causes the element frame 4 latching onto thelocating substrate 5 with the aid of the split inverted hook at the topof the nail rod 432.

The upper lid 41 of the element frame 4 is roughly a rectangular sheet,on which there are, for example, four holes in order to project therolling surfaces of the ball 2 and magnetic bead 3 and not to get themcoming off; there is at the centre of the upper lid 41 a hole 411, atthe underneath surface of the upper lid 41 are disposed a few of pins412 for locating. The upper part of the frame body 42 of the saidelement frame 4 is similar in form to the upper lid 41, only the hole onit are still large so as to put the balls 2 and the magnetic bead 3 intothem nicely. There is at the centre of the upper part of the frame body42 an extending hole 422 so that the rod 432 of the fixing nail 43 maycut across it. There are around the extending hole 422 several cavesinto which the pins 412 on the bottom surface of the upper lid 41 can beinserted for locating. The lower part of the frame body 42 is, forexample, four cavities made up of some grille-like ribs for thecontaining of the balls 2 or the magnetic bead 3. As for the fixing nail43 of the element frame 4, its chassis is a sheet-like foundation 431and can be round, there are on it several ventilating holes 433.

At the centre of the foundation 431 there is disposed an erect nail rod432, of which the top is an inverted hook which is split in the middle.

All the components made up into the element frame 4, such as the upperlid 41, the frame body 42 and the fixing nail 43 can be formed with theaid of an injection mold from a kind of high-strength engineeringplastics, for example, ABS. The ball 2 contained in the cavity of theelement frame 4 is a solid or porous spheroid, and can be woodenceramic, of bamboo, solid or aerated-plastic, or sintered with stone.The magnetic bead 3 contained in the said cavity is a kind ofpermanently magnetic spheroid, can be made of, for example, ferrite oralnico and has a surface field-intensity of from 500 to 2,000 Gauss.

In the rolling bodies array of the magnetic-therapeutic layer in amattress according to the invention the number proportion of the ball 2to the magnetic bead 3 is several to one, up to tens to one. The optimumis ten and several to one, for example, there are disposed in the saidarray only one row or one column of the miscellaneous line consisting ofthe ball 2 and magnetic bead 3 every three lines of the unitary ball 2as shown in FIG. 4.

The cushion and the back according to an embodiment of the invention, isshown in FIG. 5 and 6, and the pillow according to an embodiment of theinvention is shown in FIG. 7. The latter is a kind of appliances forbeing pillowed having a waved cross section, pillowing on this kind ofappliances people will feel extremely comfortable. In the bothembodiments the said resilient interior 7 is often made of a plasticsfoam material or coconut fibre etc.

Using a mattress or cushion according to the invention will not onlyachieve the well-know magnetic-therapeutic result, but also stronglyexperience the finger-pressing massaging efficacy. In themagnetic-therapeutic layer of a mattress or cushion according to theinvention every rolling body can roll omni-directionally. There is aframe body 42 of element frames 4 underneath the rolling bodies 2 and 3,which are several cavities made up of some grille-like ribs and containa lot of air. As the upper covering I on the rolling bodies 2 and 3 isso thin that when the human skin touches it the rolling massaging effectis very strong though the human body's movement is slight; besides, themassaging effect makes air circulated, thus reducing the human skin'stemperature. As the rolling massage produces less electrostatic charge,the mattress or cushion is very comfortable. As the spiral steel springmatrix is used for the resilient interior 7, the ventilating effect isfurther enhanced and the drawback of an escaping of that chemicals isavoided which are some decomposed products from the resilient interior 7because of using a plastics foam material. The measuring shows that thetemperature of the contacting place between the human skin and themattress or cushion is up to 40° C. when people sleep or sit on a commonmattress or cushion, but the temperature of the contacting place is only35° C. when sleep or sit up straight on the mattress or cushionaccording to the invention, it will be more comfortable in a roomwithout air-conditioner, especially in summer.

Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the rolling massagingmattress or cushion according to the present invention are as follows:people can not only achieve the magnetic-therapeutic result, especiallyexperience a strong finger-pressing massaging efficacy. The saidmattress or cushion has good ventilation, produces less electrostaticcharge, does not escape chemicals, and is especially suitable for officeworkers and people suffering from skin diseases.

I claim:
 1. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion comprising:an uppercovering, an intermediate layer, a resilient interior, a compound linerand a bottom covering, characterized in that between the upper coveringand the intermediate layer there is provided a magnetic-therapeuticmassaging layer including balls, magnetic beads, element frames and alocating substrate, the balls and magnetic beads are contained incavities of said element frames, rolling omnidirectionally, a pluralityof element frames are arranged in proper order on the locating substrateand fixed there, and form wherein a whole array of rolling bodies.
 2. Arolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 1,characterized in that the said element frame comprises an upper lid, aframe body and a fixing nail, the bails and the magnetic beads areplaced into each cavity of the frame body and then the upper lid isattached onto the frame body; each of said ball and magnetic bead arepartially projected from the upper lid thereby providing arolling-massaging surface; the fixing nail comprises a rod which passesthrough a mesh hole at the bottom of the locating substrate, cutsthrough a central fixing hole of the frame body and exits out from acentral hole of the upper lid thus the element frame is attached ontothe locating substrate with the aid of a split inverted hook at the topof the nail rod.
 3. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion according toclaim 2, characterized in that the upper lid of the said element frameis a quasi-rectangular sheet, on which there are four holes in order toproject the rolling surfaces of the ball and magnetic bead; there is atthe centre of the upper lid a hole, at the underneath surface of theupper lid are disposed a plurality of pins for locating said upper lidon said frame body.
 4. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion accordingto claim 2, characterized in that the upper part of the frame body ofthe said element frame is similar in form to the upper lid; the upperpart of the frame body contains holes which are larger than the holes inthe upper lid; there is at the centre of the upper part of the framebody an extending hole so that the rod of the fixing nail may passthrough it; the frame body also comprises several caves into which thepins on the bottom surface of the upper lid can be inserted forlocating; the lower part of the frame body comprises four cavities ofsome grill-like ribs for containing the ball or the magnetic bead.
 5. Arolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 2,characterized in that the fixing nail of the element frame comprises achassis of a sheet-like foundation comprising several ventilating holes,at the centre of the foundation there is disposed the erect rod, ofwhich the top is an inverted hook which is split in the middle.
 6. Arolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 2,characterized in that the components comprising the element frame, suchas the upper lid, the frame body and the fixing nail can be formed withthe aid of an injection mold from a type of high-strength engineeringplastic.
 7. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim1, characterized in that the said ball is a solid or porous spheroid,and can be selected from the group consisting of wood, ceramic, bamboo,solid plastic or aerated-plastic, and sintered stone.
 8. Arolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 1,characterized in that the said magnetic bead is a permanently magneticspheroid, and has a surface field-intensity of from 500 to 2,000 Gauss.9. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 1,characterized in that the number proportion of ball to magnetic bead, insaid magnetic-therapeutic layer, is several to one, to up to ten to one.10. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 1,characterized in that the said resilient interior of the mattress orcushion is generally a spiral steel spring matrix so as to ventilate.11. A rolling-massaging mattress or cushion according to claim 8,wherein said permanently magnetic spheroid is ferrite or alnico.